Double Life: My whole world is you

Soon they arrived at the aunt's house, but her back door was locked. They passed the alley on the left and came to the main door. The door slowly opened, and the short and fat second cousin's wife poked her head out. When she saw the two of them, she, who had no eyes, actually stared at them. Cheng Zhu took a step back in fear. Before Cheng Qiao could think of how to speak, the short and fat second cousin's wife asked sternly, "What are you two doing here?"

Cheng Zhu was so frightened by her attitude that he took a step back. Cheng Qiao said calmly, "We are here to wish you a happy new year."

"Why are you celebrating the New Year? It's so late, I've already gotten up." The second cousin's wife said viciously, "Get out now."

"Ah!" Cheng Qiao heard the sigh of the old lady inside. She shouted inside, "Auntie, Zhu and I wish you a happy new year!"

There was no response from inside, so she continued to shout, "I wish you good health and happiness as vast as the East Sea."

The room remained silent, and the second cousin's wife said viciously again, "Why don't you get out of here?"

"Auntie, the things are placed at the door. If you don't like them, just throw them away." After saying that, Cheng Qiao placed a bag of black sesame candies at the door, pulled Cheng Zhu and left.

"What a piece of crap!" After the second cousin's wife screamed, she heard a sound of something falling behind her. Chengzhu looked back and said unhappily, "Sister, she threw away our gift bag."

"Let her be." Cheng Qiao said calmly, "Let's go home."

"Sis, you won't be able to see her early next year." Cheng Zhu said when they were almost home.

"We won't go to pay New Year's greetings next year." Cheng Qiao replied, "We will find a chance to repay the kindness that Auntie has shown us in the future."

"Okay." Cheng Zhu responded and walked into the house. He didn't say anything, just picked up his homework and started doing it.

Cheng Qiao sighed silently and thought it was a good thing. At least this incident made him grow up a little. He hoped that he would study hard in the future. But Cheng Qiao didn't feel relieved for long. Cheng Zhu heard a noise outside and immediately threw away his pen and ran out.

Cheng Qiao had just finished a calculation problem when Cheng Zhu happily brought someone in.

The man was about the same height as Chengzhu, but thinner than Chengzhu. He had long hair simply braided at the back, and smiled at Chengqiao with his palm-sized face.

Cheng Qiao was a little confused. She couldn't remember who this person was, but she felt vaguely familiar with him. She politely greeted the visitor, "Happy New Year."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and poured the visitor a glass of water.

Chengzhu went upstairs and called Cheng's mother down. Cheng's mother brought food and sat with her outside to chat. Chengzhu was also very happy, after all, it was rare for someone to come to their house.

The two chatted for more than an hour until the man got up and left at 11:30 noon. Cheng's mother also got up and went to the kitchen to cook.

Cheng Qiao put down his pen, walked out, and saw Cheng Zhu playing with stones in a small pile of stones on the left side of the yard outside the house.

She was curious about who the woman was, so she squatted down to play with him and asked, "Brother, who was that just now?"

"She is Aunt Xiang!" Cheng Zhu said, "Aunt Xiang from Uncle Wa's family."

Cheng Qiao, who had never dealt with their father's family, could not think of who Uncle Wa was. Their family was large and complicated in the bay, so she thought that he was probably the aunt of an uncle in the family. But when she thought of the man's appearance, her head hurt.

Cheng Ma heated up two dishes and called out to them, "Zhu, Qiao, wash your hands and eat."

While eating, Cheng Ma said to Cheng Qiao, "Your Aunt Xiang just praised you! She said you and Zhu were polite, and she even poured her some tea."

"Why does this sound so familiar?" Cheng Qiao smiled after asking. She thought to herself, "I guess my mother said this in her previous life."

Cheng Zhu couldn't wait any longer in the afternoon, so he ran out soon after finishing his meal. Cheng's mother sat outside the house with wool in her hand, knitting a sweater in the sun. Soon, the fourth sister next door came over, and Cheng Qiao, who was doing her homework in the room, heard her talking. She came out to say hello and sat beside them to chat for a while. She went in again and picked up the math book. She had already learned half of it by herself during this period, and she could finish it in two more days. She marked the ones she didn't know, and she would go to school to ask for help after school.

Cheng Zhu didn't come back until dark. Cheng's mother was cooking in the kitchen, Cheng Qiao was doing homework in the room, and Cheng Zhu started shouting in the tile kiln, "Sister, Mom, I'm back, sister..."

Cheng Qiao smiled and shook her head, but before she finished a question, Cheng Zhu appeared in front of her. He said to Cheng Qiao mysteriously, "Sister, I brought you something delicious."

"What's delicious?" Cheng Qiao put down his pen and asked with a smile.

"You haven't eaten it before." He continued to answer mysteriously.

Cheng Qiao pretended not to care and picked up the pen to continue doing her homework. Cheng Zhu was not happy and immediately took out his food, which was two beef balls and a chocolate candy. "Sister, you have never eaten beef balls, right? You can have one for me and you can have the chocolate candy."

"Who gave it to you?" Cheng Qiao asked, taking the beef cubes from his hand.

"The chocolate candies were given to me by Aunt Xiang," Cheng Zhu said. "The beef cubes were given to me by an old man when Kaiyang and I went to play in the west side of the bay. He also gave me a handful of raisins." After he said that, he took out raisins from another pocket.

Cheng Qiao took a few raisins from his hand and threw them into her mouth. He immediately took a few and threw them into his mouth as well. “I haven’t eaten any raisins yet.”

"Zhu is back!" At this time, Cheng's mother came in from the living room.

"Mom, I brought you some beef cubes." Cheng Zhu tore open the package and stuffed a piece of beef cube into Cheng's mother's mouth.

After Cheng's mother finished eating, she realized, "Who gave you the beef cubes? You should leave them for your sister!"

"Sister has eaten." Cheng Zhu responded unhappily.

"Brother, how many beef cubes are there? Did you eat them yourself?" Cheng Qiao asked after suddenly realizing it.

He shook his head. "The old man grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts, but only two pieces of beef."

"Keep it for yourself next time." Cheng Qiao and Cheng's mother said in unison.

"Haha, there are also raisins!" Cheng Zhu said and grabbed a few more raisins and put them into his mouth.

"Keep this chocolate candy for yourself." Cheng Qiao handed the chocolate candy to him again.

"Okay." This time he didn't refuse and opened the chocolate candy and ate it.

"Okay! Wash your hands and eat!" Cheng's mother looked at the two of them gently, "I've added a beef dish for you tonight."

"Wow!" Chengzhu jumped up happily.

Before entering the room, Cheng's mother set off a small packet of firecrackers in the living room, expecting the New Year's Day to end. Sitting on the bed, Cheng's mother took out the wool to knit a sweater, Cheng Zhu turned on the TV, Cheng Qiao opened her mouth but didn't say anything in the end, she took out the physics book and materials to read.

Mother Cheng sighed slightly as she watched the two people's performance, and finally said, "Zhu, do your homework at home tomorrow, and don't go out to play."